Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
Em
D
Verse 1
D
G
My name is Billy Austin
A
D
I'm Twenty-Nine years years old
G
D
I was born in Oklahoma
Bm
A
G
Quarter Cherokee I'm told
G
A
Been so long since I left home
D
G
Bm
Seems like I've always been in prison
G
Bm
A
Like I've always been alone
D
G
Didn't mean to hurt nobody
D
A
D
Never thought I'd cross that line
G
D
I held up a filling station
Bm
A
G
Like I'd done a hundred times
G
A
He lay face down on the floor
Asus4
G
Guess I'll never know
G
Bm
A
Turn and walk back through that door
D
G
The shot rang out like thunder
Asus4
A
Asus4
D
G
My ears rang like a bell
Bm
A
G
So I called the cops myself
Asus4
G
I knew I should
G
Bm
A
D
But I never shed tear one
Asus4
D
'Cause I only killed one man
G
D
But my trial was over quickly
Bm
A
G
And then the long hard wait began
G
Asus4
Couldn't look me in the eye
Bm
his briefcase
G
Bm
A
When they sentenced me to die
D
G
Asus4
Now my waitin's over
G
D
I ain't about to tell you
A
G
But there's twenty-seven
A
Asus4
G
brown and poor
G
Bm
A
Who are you to say for sure?
G
Em
comes to get me
A
Asus4
And they shave
G
D
Could you take that long walk with me
Bm
A
G
Knowing hell is waitin' there
Could you pull that switch
Asus4
A
G
hand
Could you still tell youself
Bm
G
That you're better
Bm
A
G
than I am
G
Asus4
A
I'm twenty-nine years years old
G
Bm
I was born in Oklahoma
G
Bm
Quarter Cherokee I'm told
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